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dune cricket

noun

Etymology

From dune (“a hill of sand, especially in a desert”) + cricket (“kind of insect”), named for the sandy habitats which they live in.

  1. derived from *krakōn✻
  2. derived from kricken — “to creak; crack”
  3. derived from criket
  4. inherited from creket
  5. formed as dune cricket — “dune + cricket”

Definitions

  1. Any orthopteran in the family Schizodactylidae, not too distantly related to the true…

    Any orthopteran in the family Schizodactylidae, not too distantly related to the true crickets in the family Gryllidae, known for inhabiting sandy areas.

    • The Thar desert in Rajasthan is home to two of the seven known dune cricket species.

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